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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 8 of 8
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
great system are passing through the alembic of reasonable and unbiassed opinion ; and it is now that we feel much pride that our columns , having hitherto fulfilled the word of promise , by admitting only such remarks and opinions as tended to instruct and amuse , have become a necessary medium through which public opinion may be safely
conveyed . We have always held , that while Freemasonry is immutable , because it is virtue , yet that such enlightened system of rational improvement as can be effected by freedom and good order , whether in its legislative or practical points , should not be disregarded . It is most gratifying to our amour propre to find that such objections to a
revisal of the Constitutions have recently been removed , and that the " Book" whereby we act is to be re-opened . We trust that this duty will be performed so conscientiously that faith , hope , and , above all , charity , will be respected in their nicest landmarks ; that discipline and practice will be ensured ; and lastly , that such enactments will be made as will render any future alteration very distant .
We take this opportunity of returning our complimentary thanks to him , or to them who , not understanding , or not choosing to understand , in any remarks we have hitherto made touching either him or them , our real intent and purport , have thought it seemly to intimate ( chance giving him or them the opportunity ) that such remarks were intended
to apply to the most exalted rank . In disclaiming any disrespect , and in awarding all honor where due , we repeat as strenuously as we can , that our aim then was to reprove interference , and we now in the most stringent sense denounce all that meddling officiousness , which however it can ingeniously pervert , cannot as ingenuously admit , the means of wholesome admonition—qui capit illeferat .
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
great system are passing through the alembic of reasonable and unbiassed opinion ; and it is now that we feel much pride that our columns , having hitherto fulfilled the word of promise , by admitting only such remarks and opinions as tended to instruct and amuse , have become a necessary medium through which public opinion may be safely
conveyed . We have always held , that while Freemasonry is immutable , because it is virtue , yet that such enlightened system of rational improvement as can be effected by freedom and good order , whether in its legislative or practical points , should not be disregarded . It is most gratifying to our amour propre to find that such objections to a
revisal of the Constitutions have recently been removed , and that the " Book" whereby we act is to be re-opened . We trust that this duty will be performed so conscientiously that faith , hope , and , above all , charity , will be respected in their nicest landmarks ; that discipline and practice will be ensured ; and lastly , that such enactments will be made as will render any future alteration very distant .
We take this opportunity of returning our complimentary thanks to him , or to them who , not understanding , or not choosing to understand , in any remarks we have hitherto made touching either him or them , our real intent and purport , have thought it seemly to intimate ( chance giving him or them the opportunity ) that such remarks were intended
to apply to the most exalted rank . In disclaiming any disrespect , and in awarding all honor where due , we repeat as strenuously as we can , that our aim then was to reprove interference , and we now in the most stringent sense denounce all that meddling officiousness , which however it can ingeniously pervert , cannot as ingenuously admit , the means of wholesome admonition—qui capit illeferat .